08 May 2023
By Ian Floyd

Creative Event

Lower Kingswood residents are invited to join those from Tadworth, Walton, and Kingswood to participate in a Creative Arts Festival competition. Categories include Creative writing, Photography, and Art. Please click on the link below for further information. https://lowerkingswood.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Feel-Good-creative-arts-poster-with-bleed-3.pdf
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28 Mar 2023
By Ian Floyd

Have you ever thought about volunteering locally

The Tadworth and Walton Residents Association, with who the LKRA work closely, are holding a Volunteers Fair on Saturday, 15th April 2023, at the St John's Church Hall, The Avenue Tadworth, between 1:30 pm and 3 pm. Several local groups will be present and will be only too willing to explain what opportunities are available. There will also be tea, coffee and light refreshments available. So please feel free to go along. For further information, please click on the link below https://d20erpv6lh3pnq.cloudfront.net/U2-20230324203549-dhpl76xehwtoh1wf/Volunteer_Fair_poster_blue.pdf
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12 Mar 2023
By Ian Floyd

The Great British Spring Clean

A national initiative to keep the country tidy will happen between Friday, 17th March - 2nd April; I'm sure our local litter-picking group will continue their terrific efforts to keep our area litter free. To help with this, some LKRA members are meeting at 2 pm on Saturday 18th, March in the Recreation Ground car park to carry out a couple of hours of litter picking, so why not join them? We will have a few spare litter pickers, fluorescent jackets and bags. In addition, We will be trying to go out on other occasions during this period. The Guides…
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20 Feb 2023
By Ian Floyd
Surrey council response to our article on Surrey County Council Highway Maintenance and Volunteer scheme

Surrey council response to our article on Surrey County Council Highway Maintenance and Volunteer scheme

Cllr Paul has responded to our article below to reassure residents that Surrey County Council isn't cutting services or outsourcing them. She has assured us that SCC will continue to respond to reported incidents as usual, and their core responsibilities will be carried out. Cllr Paul told us this is an established scheme of some years and is there to allow residents the opportunity to carry out additional maintenance if they so wish, and is not a replacement to SCC delivery of core responsibilities. As always, please read the SCC webpage for more information (the link is below) and to…
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18 Jan 2023
By Ian Floyd

Photo Id will be required to Vote

On Thursday 4 May 2023, local elections are taking place across England. To vote at a polling station, you will need to bring photo ID. This will continue to other Elections, to find out what the new requirements are please go to the Electoral Commission website or click on this link: gclsrc=aw.dshttps://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id?gclsrc=aw.ds
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27 Nov 2022
By Ian Floyd
Surrey County Council Highway Maintenance and Volunteer scheme

Surrey County Council Highway Maintenance and Volunteer scheme

Last year many residents and others raised questions and complaints regarding the cutting of our roadside verges and the central reservation on the A217. It now appears this maintenance will, in the future, be undertaken by Surrey County Council (Highways) and not Reigate and Banstead Council. Surrey County Council operates a policy that they call the ’Blue Campaign’ briefly; this policy reduces the frequency of cutting highway verges. In doing so, they suggest that it will allow native plant species to thrive, and in some areas, additional steps can be taken to prepare the ground, sow native wildflower seeds and…
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27 Nov 2022
By Ian Floyd

Surrey County Council are seeking your opinion on the draft Budget for 2023/2014. Please have a look it affects you.

2023/24 budget consultation Overview The council is setting its budget for 2023/24 and has set out plans for £1,095.6m (just over £1bn) of spending. The information below gives further detail as to how that is divided by services, as well as the challenges facing the council. We would like your views on the draft budget by completing a short survey. Complete the survey and give us your views The issue The council faced a budget gap of £83m for next year, largely due to inflation pushing up the cost of delivering services, but also due to increasing demand for services,…
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